Is it a myth that kids don´t want to help clean the house? I know I´ve told Ellen from time to time to go clean her room and she has sighed LOUDLY about having to do so.

Still, the room has been neat after a while. (yes, she needs to play with EVERY toy before putting it away, and yes, she needs to draw just one more picture and THEN she´ll get back to cleaning up. But, still)

Now, however, I hear her shouting from her room: "Mommy, you can´t come in here for a while."And while I lay still in the sofa, too lazy to switch channels and ending up looking at cartoons even though I don´t have to, she CLEANS HER ROOM!

"You can come in here now" She says, and looking around her room I´m baffled! It´s really, really neat!

So, our apartment was a mess, and I said "You know, we really need to straighten this place up. Wanna help?"

Sure thing!

I have the cutest lil´ helper around! And you know what the best part is? We have fun doing it!!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Spring is FINALLY here! Me and kiddo dusted off my bike and are now enjoying the bikeride to and from pre-school.

It´s unbeliavable how much of a difference a little fresh air makes in the morning!

All in all this spring is so much more active than last year at this time...

We have a lot more stuff to do, and so much more fun doing it. Moving from the house has given the both of us more time to enjoy eachother, instead of having so many little things to tend to about the house. Freedom!!!

I also very much enjoy the fact that I now take the time to work out for real! My birthday present to my self was a new gadget... Not only does it make running more fun, it also looks damn good *lol*

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

One of the great benefits of moving closer to the city is that we´ve ended up very close to Ellen´s friends.

She has her birthday party coming up and, clearly there are V.I.P invitations to hand out.Well, this morning she said: "mommy, why don´t we take my bike and pretend I´m the mailman and get the invitations out?"

With my tounge about to lick the first stamp, my first response was: "no, sweetie, we´ll just put it in the mail"

Then, I realized I had just turned down the perfect activity!

I quickly put the stamps down and said: "you know what? That was a great idea, let´s do it!"

Putting clothes on, and packing up the bike with the invitations we set off...

She was so proud putting the invitations in the mailboxes, and I congratulated her on a job well done. It took us 1½ hrs to hand out 3 invitations, and it was worth every damn minute!!